ot of coverage and is knocked down. intended for austin. the ball is floating and carlos rogers is there to knock it down with 27 seconds left. >> cris: miles austin just going to the post. for carlos rogers this is a routine play. you need to make this catch. game over you make this one. nobody really messing with his hands. he just missed it. >> al: and with that the cowboys stay alive on second and ten. play clock at zero. as he gets it away. landry would have had a pick. a receiver blasting in front of him. and he can't make the pick. so it is third down and ten. >> cris: i think you have a

rookie mistake coming. a blitz coming off this side. dez bryant didn't recognize it. didn't turn around. almost cost tony romo an interception. a good young player, but a young player. just about made a huge mistake there. >> al: very wide to the left. austin comes out of the slot. rolling to the right side and that is incomplete. it will be fourth down. as he called bryant's number. 19 seconds. hall with the coverage. >> cris: ball game right here. i think we are going to see a blitz by the redskins. i think we are going to see them try and force a hop, maybe go to dez bryant's side. try and make the tackle. you can give them a completion

as long as you tackle them. >> al: williams and austin left, bryant right. and it is caught over the middle and getting down to the 12 yard line is austin and a time-out with 11 seconds remaining. >> referee: time-out. dallas. their second time-out. 30-second time-out. >> al: 31 huge yards. >> cris: unbelievable mistake. completely blown coverage on the outside. nobody ends up covering miles austin. they come on the blitz. somebody completely blows the assignment and here we go. >> al: austin come out of the slot. austin tonight, ten catches, 146 yards. >> cris: well it is the cowboys

and the redskins. i don't know what is going on here. >> al: low ceiling. and the game on the line with 12 seconds left. >> cris: the cowboys have a time-out so they can throw it underneath if they want to. >> al: four-man rush. romo. intended for williams. eight seconds. still time to throw it underneath if they have to and take a time-out. >> cris: here is the thing you have to keep in mind, al. is that as a defense now if you catch the ball short of the goal line, your goal is no longer to get the guy on the ground. you want to try and wrap him up hold him up, let that clock tick. we've seen it happen before. as a receiver you have to know if you catch it short of the goal line, you have to get down and call that time-out.

>> al: 11th play of the drive. and that is incomplete. so they are down to one play. ogletree's number there. he is only in for a limited number of plays. and romo can't get it to him. so it comes down to this. barring a defensive foul. williams and ogletree left. austin and bryant right. and the cowboys take a time-out. >> referee: cowboys time-out. >> al: might as well use it. >> cris: i think the redskins and the cowboys rivalry is back.

>> al: i'll say. >> cris: i think mike shanahan is thinking about his year off playing golf and relaxing out there. he said it was kind of boring anyway. you forget even if i have a chance to play golf, everybody else is working. >> al: he said i was able to sit at home and watch games as a fan. which is something he has never been able to do. he played or coach all of his adult life. he had the opportunity. he would be enjoying this one a lot more as a fan sitting on the coach at home than right now. >> cris: the redskins paid a price for their last blitz. they have been playing in a soft zone back around the goal line. probably what you are going to get again. i don't think they want to leave miles austin in one-on-one

coverage again. >> cris: they have a lot of confusion. no time-out left. everybody is messed up. they are going the wrong direction. people are asking questions. how can you screw this up after a time-out. >> al: you have austin wide to the left. williams in the slot to the left. romo under pressure. they nearly get him and he hits williams and a flag down at the 20 yard line. a marker down at the 20. williams doesn't know about it. it is a hold against dallas. >> referee: delay of game. the game is over. >> al: i think he said 71. >> cris: he tackled him. he wrapped both arms around the defender and put his arm around his neck. unbelievable. right out here.

look at it. both arms go outside orakpo. now a wrap around the neck. game, set and match. marc colombo, get well soon. >> al: you talked about it at the very top of the game. reconstructed and revamped cowboy offensive line. in the end it is a killer. it is a killer on the holding call. it is a killer at the end of the first half, both halves end with disastrous results for the dallas cowboys. >> cris: how many mistakes can the dallas cowboys make tonight? >> al: too many. >> cris: wow. >> al: and the shanahan, mcnabb and the haslett era because of the defense tonight of the washington redskins. starts with a 13-7 redskin

victory. with the low ceiling at fedex field. >> cris: i'm not sure alex barron is on the team by the time the plane lands. right over here, going against orakpo. that is a hold already. that is for sure a hold. referee is staring right at you. believe me, they don't like to make calls on the last play of the game but had no choice there. there is a hold. there is a hold. wow. tony romo was brilliant on that play. escapes, found roy williams. roy williams probably thinking, why me? >> al: gillette post game report, bob costas, tony and mike back in new york. andrea has an interview all next

on the gillette post game report. coming right up. first these messages from your local nbc station.

well, over the last five years alex barron has been the most penalized player in the national football league. this perhaps the most costly one of his entire career. holding brian orakpo on the game's last play. the touchdown is nullified. they don't get to move it back. game ends on the offensive penalty as time expires and the redskins hold on to win. the game was all about the last play at the end of the second half and the last play at the end of the first half. the last play at the end of the first half deangelo hall picking up a fumble and running it in for a touchdown. he is down stairs with andrea kremer, donovan mcnabb is with them as well. >> andrea: deangelo, what was that last drive like?

>> it was intense. we have been practicing situations like that in training camp. we have donovan mcnabb on the team. he has the side working. any time the defense has a chance to win the game that is what we want. >> andrea: you had the biggest play of the game. four seconds left. tashard choice fumbles. what were you think something. >> i just tried to strip the ball and took it to the house. >> andrea: this is a very different redskins team under mike shanahan. what does this say about the redskins tonight? >> we are thrilled. a lot of people might not give us a chance but we are going to come out and work. that is what mike shanahan coached teams do. we work to the fourth quarter. >> andrea: thanks very much. what was your first game like in a redskin uniform. nice ending. >> you know it is exciting. any time you play against the dallas cowboys. this is a big-time rivalry.

we came out with a lot of energy. you have to give credit to our fans. they started about 12:00 when the gates open. their energy level continued to be contagious. we made plays and got drives. each time we were in the red zone. when you have a defense like that, you want to get your guys in good field position and watch them work. >> andrea: you are used to a great defense from philadelphia. what was it like to stand on the sidelines and watch that last drive? >> i hope we don't have too many more of those. jim haslett has got those guys prepared. it was a great week of practice. our special teams got us good field position. mike shanahan, to work hard, the game is played during the week. we step out on sunday or monday. that is something i try to express to the guys. >> andrea: what do you think you need to get your offense on track.

>> we have to eliminate the mistakes. miscues from myself or any other guys. we have to eliminate that. we had many opportunities today to get first downs, possibly to score touchdowns. we have to watch the films, being critical. come back next week and look the same. >> andrea, thanks. let's swing things to new york. we are joined by coach tony dungy. the game basically ends on the last play of the game and the last play of the first half. let's go in inverse order. back end first. last play of the game. the holding call that snuffs out the cowboys' last chance. >> we talked about it on the pregame show. the one unsettled spot for the cowboys was their offensive line, especially their two tackles. i thought jim haslett did a great job of applying pressure and it showed up with alex barron on the last play. >> how about the last play of the first half where the cowboys

who had called time-outs when the redskins had possession in order to get a crack at it with less than a minute to go. we are in the waning seconds. i guess you would prefer they take a knee and head to the lock ir room. >> definitely, bob. they had to take a knee. they had a holding pent that wiped out a gain. they are back at the 36 yard line. there is no way you are going to score from there. the only thing that is going to happen to you is something bad. you have to take a knee. >> the fumble, deangelo hall picks it up and scoots into the end zone for the touchdown. >> there was no upside. you are not going to throw a 66-yard touchdown pass at that point and you don't have any time left on the clock. just go in, take the knee and don't give yourself an opportunity for disaster. >> coach, thanks very much. we are turning to mike florio of pro football talk on nbcsports.com. among the topics everybody is talking about, the call that

went across the lions and calvin johnson against the bears. mike, what do you got? >> bob, you hit on it at halftime. this is a rule that needs to change. this is a rule on the league's radar screen. last year in week one, monday night game the rule applied. multiple times this rule came up. there was confusion. the league office admitted in an effort to clarify it for the officials it confused the officials more. the competition committee considered it and did not change it. this rule needs to change because to the average fan it makes no sense. >> sometimes you need a high-profile situation to spur change. it may be discussed behind the scenes and then you get something like this that everybody is talking about. maybe that is the impetus of the change. >> that's right. it did happen in the super bowl. if the colts tied that game up,

the saint won it on a field goal, that two-point conversion try might have been the thing to change it. it wasn't an issue once the interception happened. it is something that needs to get changed eventually. >> what about injuries, matt stafford, kevin kolb. >> matt stafford has a sprain of the ac joint. kevin kolb has a concussion. the procedures kick in. we don't know when kevin kolb will be back. players suffered concussions last week and missed multiple weeks. bob sanders, with a guy with many injuries over the past few years. he is saying nothing. the team is saying nothing. when the team and the player is saying nothing there may be something going on. >> you can check mike out on pro football talk on nbcsports.com.

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the play of the game could be either play to end each half. the last play of the game. tony romo, three seconds left. it is all or nothing. he is able to scramble. roy williams comes across the formation. a clear cut hold by alex barron that negates the play and a victory for the washington redskins. >> a couple of things, orakpo was moved to alex barron's side specifically so they could put the redskins' best player on their worst offensive lineman. you have to tell it exactly like it is. donovan saw the flag and understood instead of a last second loss, it was a last-second win. what a week it has been. this has been fun. >> no way you could have figured this one. the shanahan era. mcnabb comes over and the next thing you know you have a 13-7 game basically decided by that

call at the end of the game and the play at the end of the first half. >> you have to think of what this does within the division. the cowboys were the clear cut favorite. there were issues in the course of preseason. does that matter? tonight we found out it sure did. >> next week we are in indianapolis. the second meeting between peyton manning and eli manning. peyton gets off to an 0-1 start despite 400 yards. the houston texans are probably for real. they win in texas. the giant stumble and staggered through the first half and got it together and won the game. >> the giant, what you have to figure out with them is their defense improved. they were so bad a season ago. if you want to be tested, go to indianapolis. >> that is a good test. as i said, the second only meeting between the mannings which is next sunday night. we'll see you then. that is the story from fedex

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>> the cause of this underground fire is under investigation. utility crews are most likely in for an all-nighter. >> flames shoot into the air in the heart of little italy. all of these restaurants shot this at 7:00 a.m. when an underground cable failed. this added up to a big mess that left dozens of restaurants without power on sunday. >> today was a shake up. >> she would know. she is the third generation of her family to live in this home. candles tried to make up for the loss of electricity. >> we are coping. >> they are searching for ways to salvage food.

>> somebody that makes raviolis. it is in the freezer. >> they brought in 700 pounds of dry ice to keep it cool for the customers. >> it is always good when there is football going on. it is a big loss for all of these restaurants. tens of thousands. >> this neighborhood has not lost its sense of humor. >> i said, did you see the black smoke and the white smoke? he said, in the vatican that means that we have a new pope. i said that i would not joke about this. >> all the 120 customers who lost power should have it back on some time in the morning. >> a three-alarm fire has left 3 homes damaged in northwest baltimore. it happened just before 4:00 on sunday morning. firefighters were initially met

with heavy flames. they damaged two adjacent homes. it did not result in any injuries. >> i have never seen anything like it in my life. >> investigators are trying to figure or what caused the fire. howard county police have identified the two people found dead inside of a home in ellicott city. they both died from an apparent gunshot wounds. that happened in the 3700 block of bonny bridge. it was a child who found the two and asked a neighbor to call police. the search continues for the driver responsible for a deadly hit and run in east baltimore. the motorcycle and car were traveling northbound around 7:00

on saturday night when the car struck the motorcyclist and fled the scene. he later died in shock trauma. they are looking for a black mercedes that is missing the driver's side and rear view mirror. police are still searching for the inmate who escaped from the central district around 2:00 on friday afternoon. he was complaining of a hand injury. as officers looked into it he was able to slip out of his handcuffs. police believe he was travelling with a female. if you have any information on his whereabouts, you are asked to call 911. opening arguments are expected. they allege that charles, and jerome, and another gun down harris outside of the northeast baltimore jazz club.

the trial is expected to last at least a month. the i-team has been following this. tuesday is primary day. in baltimore county, the big race is in the democratic primary for senator. both reached out in different ways. >> at a fund-raiser he described his campaign as winding down. >> i came here to relax and enjoy for a couple of hours. enjoy the company of a lot of great people. >> a council member since 1994 and a farmer says that he will make one last winter baltimore county to encourage people to head to the polls. >> it is a matter of the voters of baltimore county deciding whether they wan